2 A mill is known to have existed at Alveston since 966 and in the Domesday survey there were three mills. In 1240 there were two mills and a mill ...
Alveston Mill, the site of a watermill for which there is documentary evidence from the early Medieval period. Derelict by 1886, it was demolished in the 1940s. Only a weir survives. The mill was 400m north east of the church.
1 Memorial pillar to the battle of Edgehill (1642). Erected by Warwickshire County Council, 1949.
2 Photographed in 1979.
3 Original source material about the erection of the monument.
A commemorative monument, a memorial pillar to the Battle of Edge Hill erected in 1949. It is situated north of Clumber Park Road.
1 Memorial pillar to the battle of Edgehill (1642). Erected by Warwickshire County Council, 1949.
2 Photographed in 1979.
3 Original source material about the erection of the monument.
A commemorative monument which is of modern date. The monument is a stone pillar which commemorates the Battle of Edge Hill. It is situated by the side of the road between Kineton and Radway.
4 A linear feature, about 600m long, is visible on aerial photographs.
5 This feature is quite clearly a pipe/cable trench. It is visible on Google Earth, particularly the 1999 layer, ...
A linear feature of unknown date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. It is situated 500m north of Shelford.
1 The site of a WW2 Water Pumping Station at Spring Lane, Combrook was recorded during conversion works to ‘Appletrees’. It originally pumped water to Gaydon or Kineton. It ...
The site of a WW2 Water Pumping Station at Spring Lane, Combrook was recorded during conversion works to 'Appletrees'. It originally pumped water to Gaydon or Kineton. It consisted of a large underground concrete hopper and cast iron works.
1 To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts visible on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts are visible on aerial photographs.
1 A modern stone memorial to Michael Drayton bearing the following inscription: ‘MICHAEL DRAYTON POET 1563 – 1631 BORN ON THIS GREEN THIS MEMORIAL SHELTER CONCEIVED BY JOHN SHERWOOD BUILT ...
The Drayton Memorial, a commemorative monument to the poet Michael Drayton, which was erected in 1972. It is situated on Castle Road, Hartshill.
1 Earth bank acting as possible dam, Wroxall Abbey. Earth bank across low area of valley which opens into bowl shape on the abbey side of the dam. Possibly for ...
Earth bank across a small valley for damming the small stream, possibly for a mill, within Wroxall Abbey Park.
1 Nursery, Sandy Lane/Leicester Lane, Cubbington, Warwick
Triangular site with conierous planting, large range of glass.
Lovie reports that site recently developed at time of his report (1996/7).
Part of site survives as ...
Triangular site, developed. Part of site survives.
1 Building recording and observation of the 18th/19th century farm complex.
18th century farm complex which was probably built after inclosure.
1 Photographic recording of the 18th century barn
18th century barn
1 Building recording of the demolished threshing barn and stables
mid-19th century threshing barn and stables (now demolished)
1 Motton’s Barn originally comprised a three-bay, box-framed building composed of square studded walls with straight braces in the corners. The frame was built from oak, with brick-nogged infill panels. ...
Motton's Barn was originally a 17th century timber-framed building. The barn partially collapsed and was then flattened by a storm. It was recorded prior to being cleared.
1A coppice wood of 20.8 ha. Almost certainly recorded in the 1279 Hundred Rolls, the wood can probably be identified with one of the two woods recorded in Domesday Book ...
Piles Coppice, a Medieval (and probably earlier) managed woodland. The woodland comprises: wood banks, a deer park bank and evidence of ancient coppicing.
1 A 4.1 ha remnant of a larger coppice wood, mostly cleared in the mid-20th century for housing. Despite ambiguities in the record, this is probaby one of the ...
Binley Common Wood, a Medieval (and probably earlier) managed woodland; former grazed common wood. The woodland comprises: woodbanks; a possible Medieval "trench"; an area of ridge and furrow and evidence of ancient coppicing.
Once scarcely seen, polecats are expanding their territory back to Warwickshire according to Dr Johnny Birks, an experienced ecologist and chairman of the Mammal Society. He presented a fascinating talk ...
Two mills worth 11s. were recorded at Clifton on Dunsmore in the Domesday survey of 1086: this one and another north of the village near Newton, called Laund mill and ...
A 250-year old wild pear tree in Cubbington has won the Woodland Trust’s ‘Tree of the Year’ competition. Sadly it is on the path of HS2 and is doomed to ...
I took these photos in Ryton Pools Country Park. The enterprising snail was about seven feet from the ground; I don’t know whether it was after leaves or the rose hips. ...
I thought you might like to see these pics of a Garden Centre in Brandon. It’s just opposite the speedway track and maybe not much to look at now, but ...
The Red Lion has recently been demolished, bringing to an end a staple of Wolston’s village centre. A Mr. T. Walton1 recounted his memories in the early 70s, and remembered ...
So you are driving or walking near Draycote Water when you catch a glimpse of a strange looking creature. What have you been eating or drinking?! No – you are quite ...
Gully pots are necessary for road drainage and flood prevention. They can, however, be death traps for amphibians. Each year large numbers of amphibians, both adults and juveniles, fall into ...
Spring has come and with it the wonderful sight of bluebells in the ancient woodlands of Warwickshire. A few are in the path of HS2, but most will survive to ...